Pollen Street Social

April 5, 2014

Photo courtesy of Pollen Street Social Words by Shaun Cooney

Tucked just off of busy Regents Street is the stunning Pollen Street Social. This visit was just for drinks but I will definitely be back for some dinner. Taking a seat in the suave bar area the best view is to taken from the bar. A tidy back bar and an impressive wine cooler are evidence that what I’m about it experience is going to be pretty serious.

A whisky high flyer is a perfect blend of malt whisky and ginger that packed a spicy little punch. The professor, a mix of Chase smoked vodka and Kamm & Sons ginseng spirit, requires some input. Served with its own tools for perfect mixing this drink does require you to drink it from a bowl. So if your out to impress maybe avoid this one so you don’t look like a mad man with a desert bowl.

Following our cocktails a couple of sweet Calvados making a perfect digestif and a couple of espressos came accompanied by some beautiful petit fours, a nice addition end to our visit seeing as this was an after lunch trip. Pollen Street Social is a great example of how cocktails don’t need to be colorful with wedges of fruit hanging out of them, and that they can be drunk in smart surroundings.